Digging up some trees and adding sand to the beach in front of their lake side cottage at Lac La Ronge has ended up costing a La Ronge couple a lot more than they bargained for.
Walter Bergsveinson was fined more than 22 hundred dollars and ordered to restore the shoreline back to the way it was. He was convicted in La Ronge provincial court of violating the environmental protection act.
A conservation officer with the department, Rich Hildebrandt, says any sort of work around water requires approval and permits from the department.
“Basically those regulations are in place to protect Saskatchewan’s natural resources for today and tomorrow.”
A conviction for altering a creek or shoreline without the proper permits carries a maximum fine of one million dollars in Saskatchewan.
Charges were laid as a result of a call to the Parks ministry. The environment department then conducted an investigation and laid charges for the unauthorized alteration of the shoreline at Lac La Ronge.